7th Colloquium Bratislava

On the 7th and 8th of February 2013 the 7th Colloquium was held under the patronage of the Slovakian Ministry of Transport and the River commissions of the Rhine and Danube. During the opening of the conference the Slovakian State Secretary, Dr. Andrej Holák, expressed his support of the inland navigation. Actual reason for the organisation of the 7th Colloquium was the drafting of the new convention on the limitiation of liability in inland navigation, CLNI 2012. This convention meanwhile has been signed by 5 States.

Program & Presentations

09.30 Opening

Mr. Ir. Teun Muller, President of IVR
Mr. Judr. Andrej Holák, State Secretary, Mr Ministry of Transport, Construction and RegionalDevelopment of the Slovak Republic, Bratislava
Mr. Hans van der Werf, Secretary General of the Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine

10.00 General introduction

Dr. Beate Czerwenka, Head of Division, Federal Ministry of Justice, Berlin

10.15 Limitation of liability in inland navigation

Strasbourg Convention of 2012 on the Limitation of Liability in Inland Navigation (CLNI 2012)
Ms Cécile Tournaye, Legal Adviser, Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine, Strasbourg

11.30 -13.00 Limitation of liability in inland navigation

Importance of the CLNI Convention 2012 for Danubian countries
Dr. Zsolt Kovacs, Lawyer at GÁRDOS/FÜREDI/MOSONYI/TOMORI, Budapest
Consequences of the new CLNI-Convention on insurance
Mr. Nick Williams, CTC PLC P&I, London

14.30-17.00 Procedural aspects of the Convention

Constitution of a fund and ist effects from a practical point of view
Dr. Johannes Trost, Lawyer at LEBUHN & PUCHTA, Hamburg
Mr. Tim Roos, Lawyer at VAN DAM & KRUIDENIER, Rotterdam
Cross border effects of CLNI-limitation procedures in Europe
Dr. Olaf Hartenstein, Lawyer at DABELSTEIN & PASSEHL, Hamburg